Thanks for the response. Agreed that it's better the normal way but even a simple consultation requires submitting a phone number to a mediator service. Most of folks are reluctant to submit their phone numbers to a database (which might get hacked given the state of security policies, not to speak of other predatory practices of selling personal data to ad services). Like I said in my post, there is no regulation that protects health data from being sold to 3rd parties and even if there is one, it is not enforced. Unfortunately, data security is currently the responsibility of the patient instead of being the other way around and this adds a huge barrier for the technologically non-savvy.
These are great suggestions. I think there should be a software solution that blurs faces on the webcam feed to create a different virtual feed that can be fed into a browser based video chat tool.
Along the same lines, wearing a mask also protects identity. The only problem is that this is an additional step for someone who is already reluctant to talk to a professional.
Thank you for the response. You hit the nail on most aspects that I had in my mind. I agree that whatever the solution (realistic face transfer or any other way to retain facial anonymity by turning off the camera like the other suggestion) it needs to lower the barrier of entry.
Turning off the the camera makes sense. Its not the same as chatting face to face but it's a decent middle ground. I guess some sort of face transfer would be a step up from audio chat but it's really the mental barrier around talking to someone that makes taking the first step hard.
Can you share a link to one of these filings or notices you are refering to? Or it would be helpful if you share what regulations are typically enforced on ISPs (in your region) and if they publish customer count details to public domain.
Hi! I am part of the team trying to build these tools. Have you checked out https://last.fm. I think its possible to associate musicbrainz data with last.fm data. Can you share more details on how you plan to use this data?